Belgium 2024

Belgium

Date of Issue: 2nd April 2024

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)

1. Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

2. European eel (Anguilla anguilla) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

Belgium 2023

Belgium

Date of Issue: 12th June 2023

one stamp (Europe 1st class value)

This stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 5 stamps

Belgium 2022

Belgium

Date of Issue: 13th June 2022

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)

Legend of St Hubertus : Legend holds that on a Good Friday morning, while the faithful were in church, Hubert was hunting in the forest. As he pursued a magnificent stag or hart, the animal turned and Hubert was astounded to see a crucifix floating between its antlers. He heard a voice saying: "Hubert unless thou turnest to the Lord and leadest a holy life, thou shalt quickly go down into Hell." Hubert dismounted and prostrated himself, and after asking "Lord, what wouldst Thou have me do?" is told, "Go and seek Lambert, and he will instruct you." - source : Wikipedia

Legend of Brabo : Silvius Brabo was a mythical Roman soldier who was said to have killed a giant, and by this would have created the name Brabant.
Later this story was also used to explain the name Antwerp ('Antwerpen' in Dutch) which, according to the story, is a derivative of 'handwerpen' (meaning hand throwing). Brabo once killed a giant, called Druon Antigoon, who asked money from people who wanted to pass the bridge over the river Scheldt. When they didn't want to or couldn't pay, he cut off their hand and threw it in the river. Because of this, Brabo also removed the hand of the giant, and threw it into the river.
This mythical story is still shown by the statue in front of the Antwerp City Hall. - source : Wikipedia 

Belgium 2021

Belgium

Date of Issue: 14th June 2021

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)

Belgium 2020

Belgium

Date of Issue: 15th June 2020

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)

Belgium 2019

Belgium

Date of Issue: 17th June 2019

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value = 8.40 €)

NOTE - This set is taking part at "The Europa Stamps Bird Project 2019" which allows you to scan the stamps in order to hear the bird's song

Best Europa stamp 2018 - Jury prize

Belgium

The 2018 Best Europa stamp - Jury prize was awarded last Saturday in Brussels’ town hall.

This was the seventh edition of this neutral and artistic prize.

Seven experts of the philatelic world were invited to join the jury and judge the Europa stamps based on their expert opinion.

This year's winner is Belgium with a stamp part of the following souvenir-sheet (the stamp on the right) - it's the second time that Belgium wins the Jury prize, they did already in 2014 :

2nd (tied) – Hungary (stamp above left) & Finland (stamp under)

3rd - Croatia (stamp under)

This year's Jury was composed this year as follow (from the left to the right) :

• Agnieszka Trzaskowska, Chair of PostEurop Stamp & Philately Steering Group, Poland
• Olaf Neumann, Stamp designer, Germany
• Stefan Klein, Stamp designer, Germany
• Botond Szebeny, PostEurop's Secretary General, Hungary (co-chair)
• Andrée Trommer, General secretary of the Fédération internationale de philatélie (FIP), Luxembourg
• Guy Coutant, Pro Post, Belgium (co-chair)
• Antonio Manuel Amaral, PostEurop's coordinator (not part of the jury)
• Arie Piet, Director Stamp Printing National Bank Belgium, the Netherlands (not on the picture)

The winner of the public prize will be announced during PostEurop's plenary assembly in Tbilisi, Georgia, in October.

Belgium 2018

Belgium

Date of Issue: 11th June 2018

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)

Belgium 2017

Belgium

Date of Issue: 12th June 2017

one stamp (Europe value = 1.13 €)

this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 5 stamps

Belgium 2016

Belgium

Date of Issue: 13th June 2016

one stamp (Europe value = 1.10 €)

this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 5 stamps

Belgium 2015

Belgium

Date of Issue: 13th April 2015

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)

Best Europa stamp 2014 - Jury prize

Belgium

The 2014 Best Europa stamp - Jury prize was awarded this week-end in Brussels’ town hall.

This was the fourth edition of this neutral and artistic prize.

Eight experts of the philatelic world were invited to join the jury and judge the Europa stamps based on their expert opinion.

This year's winner is Belgium with the following stamp :

2nd – Finland (second stamp)

3rd - San Marino (0.70 € value)

This year's Jury was composed of:

• Jürgen Haepers, Philatelist expert, europa-stamps.blogspot.com, Switzerland
• Stefan Klein, Designer, Germany
• Olaf Neumann, Designer, Germany
• Guy Coutant, Pro Post, Belgium
• Arie Piet, Enschedé Printing, the Netherlands
• Marc Taraskoff, Designer, France
• Botond Szebeny, PostEurop's Secretary General, Hungary
• Andrée Trommer, General secretary of the Fédération internationale de philatélie (FIP), Luxembourg

Belgium 2014

Belgium

Date of Issue: 7th July 2014

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)

Belgium 2013

Belgium

Date of Issue: 11th February 2013

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)

Belgium 2012

Belgium

Date of Issue: 13th February 2012

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)

Belgium 2011

Belgium

Date of Issue: 19th September 2011

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)

Belgium 2010

Belgium

Date of Issue: 15th March 2010

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value = 5.40 €)

Belgium 2009

Belgium

Date of Issue: 6th April 2009

one souvenir-sheet (Europe 1st class value = 0.90 €)

Belgium 2008

Belgium

Date of Issue: 19th May 2008

one stamp (0.80 €)



the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps



the stamp is also issued in a booklet of 10 self-adhesive stamps

Belgium - [België - Belgique - Belgien]

Belgium - [België - Belgique - Belgien]

Capital: Brussels
Languages: Dutch, French, German
Population: 10,511,382
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: .be
Status: Federal constitutional monarchy

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium


De Post - La Poste



PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 1956 ->

Official site: http://philately.post.be
info: philately@philately.post.be

"Belgium is one of the first 6 countries (with Italy, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France and Germany) who started to produce Europa Stamps in 1956."

"In 1967, the common design represented cogwheels designed by the Belgian artist Oscar Bonnevalle."